Radio Free Europe says Washington shut off its Russian broadcast despite restraining order

Defying a court order, Trump administration refuses to fund Radio Free Europe

Delay in financing has forced the news organization to furlough some staff and cut some programs.

Radio Free Europe: Trump administration turned off satellite sending news into Russia, Russian occupied parts of Ukraine

The Trump administration has turned off satellite links broadcasting news content into Russia and Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, according to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty.

The satellite allowing the transmission of the Russian-language television channel of Radio Free Europe in Russia was extinguished on Thursday by Washington. In mid-March, Donald Trump had already issued a decree to freeze the financing of this media.

USAGM Terminates Some Satellite Broadcasts By RFE/RL's Current Time

The US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has terminated contracts with two satellite systems that carry Russian-language content produced by Current Time, a network run by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, amid a fight over winding down operations at a number of U.S.-funded broadcasters.

The director of the media organization Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty announced on Thursday that the US administration had deactivated a satellite that was broadcasting its Russian-language program to Russian territory.

Trump Officials Have Not Funded Radio Free Europe, Despite Court Order - Overpasses For America

The Trump administration has failed to disburse congressionally approved funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the news network originally set up to counter Soviet propaganda during the Cold War, despite a judge’s order to keep it operating, according to court filings and officials at the news organization. The news group, known as RFE/RL, has not received nearly $12 million for its April funding from the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the…